St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-11
OMAHA VS.. THE TWINS.
The Former Unlikely To Get the
Trade of South Dakota.

Trade of South Dakota.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, June 10.-"Great law
yers, merchants and tradesmen go to the
large cities, and are naturally drawn
thither," says Col. Parker, of Lincoln
county. ''Great mills and manufactures
gravitate naturally towards trade cen
tiers. That is the reason the Dakota
products go to St. Paul and Minneap-
oils" ego
Il observe that Omaha claims the
trade of South Dakota ''i'e *
$50 do observe the claim of Omaha:
but the people, DO not recognize, that
claim. There isn't room between Kan
sas City and Sioux City for a great city
inside the next fifty years; hence there
is to be no great city at Omaha. With
out a great city there-a great trade
center-there will be no such thing as
the gravitating Of the. trade of South
Dakota toward OMAHA, nce r.lF
do you mean to say that the Omaha
ties cannot Ga, coax the traadIs of South Da-
Il mean to say that the trade of all
Dakota gravitates naturally towards the
Twin Cities of Minnesota, and belongs to-
them, in a certain sense, by right of con-
quest and thrifty solicitation and UNI
tagging labor. The business men of
st. Paul and Minneapolis have sought,
found and retained the custom of the
territorial people, and will not lightly be
ignored for a new field. Old wine and
Old friends are the best; and the people
of Dakota look at the facts as they
eXist.'
But cannot Omaha worm its way
into that field?"
''Inside of fifty years the territory
Will be big enough as state to feed sew
eral large cities with business, and then
Omaha will get some of the overflow.
That will be but natural. But, during
the present generation, the business
men of Omaha who send their proselyt-
ing agents into Dakota will be wasting
their ducats. They can accomplish
nothing but their own impoverishment., y
but it is claimed that Omaha is near
er South Dakota trade and has better
facilities fof accommodating
''Certainly it is claimed. The whole
earth is claimed, but it is not all survey
ed and fencedHln yet. There are contests
pending all the time for little sections
and quarter sections of it. Dakota is a
large slice of the earth, and there is
room for lots of claiming but do not
see that it accomplishes anything. 1t
takes secretary of the interior, and of
war, with land commissioner, Indian
commissioner, troops, litigation, law
yers, newspapers, honied words, and
lots OF swearing to settle titles to little
patches of the land. l do not see that
any amount of claiming is going to do
Omaha any good. 1t is true that Omaha
is near to Yankton, but Yankton is not
South Dakota. Indeed, Yankton is
sympathizing with the claims of Omaha,
i'll a little degree; but maybe you have
notice during the past three years that
4ankton has a habit of fighting pro-
gress and getting on the side which al
ways loses. The Yankton of 1883 was
better than the Yankton of 1872
You are prejudiced against that
city. 4ankton is a very good town and
does good business"
'"Ihat is all true enough, and I am
not prejudiced against that or any other
town.: | simply say that Yankton is
out of luck, and her sympathy with
Omaha will not bring much trade from
South Dakota to Omaha or any other
point which pretends to compete with
the Twins. So far as nearneSS is con-
cerned, Duluth is growing nearer every
day to. South Dakota than Omaha is.
And Duluth is certainly nearer the
trade centers than Omaha. l cannot
see anything good in turning to the
wrong outlet, and l regard Omaha as
the wrong point
IFS it true that Yankton sympathizes
with Omaha?'
well, cannot be positive of that.
Probably l was hasty in saying what I
did; but the rumor has gone forth that
Yankton has been working up an
Omaha boom, and she doesn't deny it.
If it is true, Yankton will only make
another mistake, and make more enc
mics for herself. and the Lord knows
she has had enough backsets since 1888.
would like to see Yankton get along:
but it makes me mad to see Dakota
town disposed to go back ON the trade
centers which have been so beneficial
IN tho aptira tarritoru